Home In Sorrow 3: Not In A Mothers Dream
3: Not In A Mothers Dream

Written by: Abul Kassim
Lead Reciter: Sajjad Jaffer
Inspired by: Aa Mere Asgher (Nadeem Sarwar – 1998)

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A sweet baby in a battlefield
Not in a mother’s dream
Oh my Asgher
 
1.              
The call of “Halmin” was all too clear
I was terrified, you had no fear
Such a brave heart in someone so small
Where was the courage from, Oh my Asgher
 
2.              
Your father came back, his shoulder sheared
Walking to and fro, blood in his beard
What did happen there, can someone tell me
Why didn’t you come back, Oh my Asgher
 
3.              
Shaame Ghariba, oh so much cruelty
So many enemies, there was no safety
The tents were ransacked then set on fire
Your cradle was burnt, Oh my Asgher
 
4.              
I was not able to feed you for many days
I had no food or water for many days
But only after Shaame Ghariba
Did I have milk, Oh my Asgher
 
5.              
Shaame Ghariba, in the dead of night
We got some water, to ease Ruqayya's plight
With that water, she went wandering
Looking for you, Oh my Asgher
 
6.              
I had a dream that, you would grow up too
Truthful and pious, like all around you
I had pictured you, next to your father
Just like Akber, Oh my Asgher